Small Business Administration

News about Small Business Administration, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jul. 28, 2015

House approves bill with amendment that will lift lending cap for Small Business Admin loan guarantee program to record $23.5 billion. MORE

Jul. 27, 2015

Potential borrowers hoping for government-backed small-business loans are waiting on House vote that would allow Small Business Admin to continue lending beyond 2015 limit of $18.75 billion, which it has already reached; over 900 applicants are waiting for loan approvals; fact that cap was reached so early in year underscores demand. MORE

May. 31, 2015

Adam Bryant Corner Office column features interview with Maria Contreras-Sweet, administrator of the United States Small Business Admin, who discusses her career and management style. MORE

Oct. 10, 2013

Small-business owners whose companies depend on government services such as a guaranteed loan, regulatory approval or a national park’s operation worry about the toll the government shutdown may have on them; frozen Small Business Administration lending is causing chain reaction of economic pain. MORE

May. 15, 2013

Increasing numbers of people of retirement age or nearing it are remaking a hobby, interest or passion into a money-producing enterprise; AARP and the Small Business Administration have new joint effort to help people 50 and older learn about business plans, advertising and marketing, and social media. MORE

Jan. 14, 2012

Pres Obama announces aggressive campaign to shrink size of federal government, a proposal less notable for its goal than for the political challenge it poses to a hostile Congress; calls on lawmakers to grant him broad new powers to merge agencies, which Congress would then have to approve or reject in an up-or-down vote; proposes folding the Small Business Administration and five other trade and business agencies into a single agency that would replace the Commerce Department. MORE

National Desk

Hundreds of thousands of Gulf Coast families, hoping to rebuild their homes after the hurricanes using low-interest government loans, are facing high rejection rates and widespread delays at the federal agency that administers the disaster loan program. The Small Business Administration, which runs the federal government's main disaster recovery program for both businesses and homeowners, has processed only a third of the 276,000 home loan applications it has received.

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National Desk

Less than three months after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, relief legislation remains dormant in Washington and despair is growing among officials here who fear that Congress and the Bush administration are losing interest in their plight. As evidence, the state and local officials cite an array of stalled bills and policy changes they say are crucial to rebuilding the city and persuading some of its hundreds of thousands of evacuated residents to return, including measures to finance long-term hurricane protection, revive small businesses and compensate the uninsured.

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July 28, 2015, Tuesday

When the Small Business Administration’s largest lending program hit its 2015 limit of $18.75 billion in loan guarantees last week, more than 900 applicants were waiting for their loans to be approved.